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Process control using non-invasive printed product sensors

  • US 10,641,661 B2
  • Filed: 01/27/2016
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A container apparatus for processing a product, comprising:

  • a product containment vial having an interior surface for contacting the product and defining a product containment space in communication with an exterior of the product containment vial via a vial opening; and

    a plurality of product condition sensors on the interior surface, the product condition sensors being incrementally spaced from the vial opening for measuring a condition profile of the product within the product containment space, the product condition sensors each comprising metallic particles in a dried ink suspension deposited as at least one strip on a substrate wherein the substrate is a flexible film applied to the interior surface of the product containment vial, and the product condition sensors are interposed between the substrate and the interior surface of the product containment vial.

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